Species Bornella stellifer (A. Adams & Reeve in A. Adams, 1848)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dendronotus stellifer Adams, A. 1848. Notes from a journal of research into the Natural History of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B. pp. 223-532 in Belcher, E. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, during the years 1843–46; emplyed surverying the islands of the Eastern Archipelago; accompanied by a brief vocabulary of the prinicipal languages … With notes on the natural history of the islands by Arthur Adams. London : Reeve, Benham, & Reeve Vol. 2 574 pp, + Appendix & Errata.
• Bornella tenellus A. Adams & Reeve in A. Adams, 1848.
• Bornella digitata A. Adams & Reeve, 1850.
• Bornella adamsii J.E. Gray in M.E. Gray, 1850.
• Bornella hancockana Kelaart, 1859.
• Bornella hermanni Angas, 1864.
• Bornella arborescens Pease, 1871.
• Bornella caledonica Crosse, 1875.
• Bornella semperi Crosse, 1875.
• Bornella marmorata Collingwood, 1881.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [133] (synonymy follow this publication)
• Pola, M., Rudman, W.B. & Gosliner, T.M. 2009. Systematics and preliminary phylogeny of Bornellidae (Mollussca: Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) based on morphological characters with description of four new species. Zootaxa 1975: 1-57

Generic Combinations

• Bornella stellifer (A. Adams & Reeve in A. Adams, 1848).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [132-133]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [171]

History of changes